JAPANESE COURSE OF IN-
STRUCTION IN WOOD-
CARVING. BY THE EDITOR.
FOURTH ARTICLE.

more than touched upon ; one needs a blackboard
and a piece of chalk, to show by ocular demon-
stration the building-up of the monogram, where
we should see how the rough sketches of the
same monogram, placed side by side, in Roman,

Mediaeval, or italic initials, decided the best style The whole purpose of the two Sets of lessons we

to employ. Then we should find a perpetual re- now publish is to familiarise the student more and

vision of curves and serifs—this letter elongated, more with the use of his tools, and to show him a

that compressed ; this curve given a more generous suitable treatment of the varying forms and details

sweep, another reduced ; the thickness of the main of plant-life. No very difficult tasks are imposed,

lines varied, the forms simplified, or rendered as the technique of the work is defined within the